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The Small Idea With a Big Impact on the Cybersecurity Talent Gap

The cost of cybercrime is expected to reach $8 trillion globally this year, yet the scarcity of security talent is becoming more pronounced. With more than 750,000 cybersecurity positions unfilled in the ...
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The Chasm Between Cybersecurity Confidence and Actual Ability

A survey of 316 cybersecurity training strategy decision-makers in the UK, U.S, Canada, Germany and Sweden published today found there is a major disconnect in the confidence they have in their teams ...
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Upskilling is Critical to Closing Cybersecurity Skills Gaps

Cybersecurity is the number-one skills gap in 2022, surpassing cloud computing as the top-ranking area of focus for individuals and organizations, according to a Pluralsight survey of more than 700 tech professionals ...
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Upskilling IT Security Talent a Smart Bet 

With demand for cybersecurity professionals at an all-time high and companies facing acute staffing shortages, organizations should look to upskilling young cybersecurity workers as an employee retention strategy, according to a report ...
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Cybersecurity Talent Bubble Keeps Growing

All bubbles burst—but with around 2.72 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs as of October 2021 according to (ISC)2, it seems the cybersecurity talent bubble will be floating around for the foreseeable future. The ...
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Fostering the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Talent

A career in cybersecurity guarantees many things: Job stability, competitive compensation and room for growth, just to name a few. Cybersecurity professionals are drawn to the fact that they are part of ...
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CISOs are Burning Out, Missing Holidays Due to Work Demands 

The demands on chief information security officers (CISOs) are mounting, leading many to skip vacation time and even miss holidays like Thanksgiving, according to a Tessian survey of 317 security strategy decision-makers ...
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The Future of Application Security

At the beginning of 2020, digital transformation was already on the agenda of IT executives and organizations in all industries. However, when the pandemic hit, any plan of a slow and easy ...
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Diversity in the Cybersecurity Workforce

Like most technology workforce segments, the cybersecurity diversity issue is a very acute problem: there simply isn’t nearly enough representation of diverse backgrounds in cybersecurity roles, from security operations center (SOC) analysts ...
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Cybersecurity Skills Gap: Will New Executive Order Help?

The cybersecurity skills shortage is a serious issue. There is a necessary urgency for companies to hire or cultivate cybersecurity professionals as threats become more sophisticated and sinister. The cybersecurity industry has ...
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